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Out to Sea

A list of 315 words by reesetee.

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If I had a boat
I'd go out on the ocean
And if I had a pony
I'd ride him on my boat
And we could all together
Go out on the ocean
Me upon my pony on my boat.
--Lyle Lovett, "If I Had a Boat"

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  • reesetee Interesting...sure, it's added. Thanks, bilby. Nov 20, 2010

  • bilby How about bottom? See definition 7 at CD. Nov 19, 2010

  • reesetee Yeah, I'll have to ask about that over at feedback. Meantime, I added salee rover. Thanks! Nov 19, 2010

  • chained_bear salee rover. I seem to have lost the ability to add to this list. :-( Nov 19, 2010

  • mollusque How about dghajsa? Sep 17, 2010

  • reesetee Sure thing. Yes, I believe John said that they're working on fixing it so that you can re-add specific people as co-listers. For now, it's either one or all. Jan 17, 2010

  • chained_bear reesetee, can you add piretta to this list? I guess I can't add words to it anymore...? Jan 17, 2010

  • reesetee Thanks! Mar 23, 2009

  • mollusque Gaydiang and gayyou! Mar 22, 2009

  • reesetee Excellent; thanks! Feb 21, 2009

  • mollusque How about lime-juicer? Feb 21, 2009

  • reesetee Sorry, bilb--just saw your suggestion. Added, thanks! Oct 15, 2008

  • bilby Lipa-lipa. Jun 1, 2008

  • reesetee Hey, c_b, thanks for adding all those boat & ship references from the O'Brian novels you're reading. (It took me this long to figure that out.) Feb 14, 2008

  • reesetee Great addition--thanks! And I'm sold on hovercraft, too. Jan 2, 2008

  • bilby Umiaq. With regards to hovercraft, I crossed the English Channel from Dover to Calais on a giant one of these. Jan 1, 2008

  • reesetee Not absolutely necessary--I was just curious. And I bracket words I like too.

    I like that image of "fishing villages clinging like treacle." :-) Dec 19, 2007

  • chained_bear Unfortunately no, there's no further explanation. But I'm still reading the book, so I'll let you know if I find anything. (I knew you had schooner. I was reverting to my old habit of bracketing any words I liked.) Dec 19, 2007

  • reesetee Thanks, c_b! I had schooner but not bummer or bully boat. Is there any further explanation of what types of boats they are? (Other than that a bummer is a small schooner.)

    Either way--go on and add them yourself! I've made you co-owner of the list. :-) Dec 19, 2007

  • chained_bear Found a paragraph that may be of interest--though I couldn't find if you'd listed these yet, because the "cloud" link went all App Error on me.

    "We visited many fishing villages clinging like treacle to the wave-battered cliffs of the Avalon Peninsula and examined a multitude of vessels ranging from small and ancient 'bully boats' to a venerable two-hundred-ton, three-masted schooner. Most were no longer seaworthy, but eventually we found a small schooner of a kind known as a Southern Shore bummer hauled out at the little outport of Admiral's Cove, not far from Fermeuse."
    --Farley Mowat, Bay of Spirits, NY: Carroll and Graf, 2006. Dec 19, 2007

  • reesetee Quite a word--thanks! And while I was looking for more information, I found this:

    "The Eel Parade has been a notable part of SAIL Amsterdam for a long time. True to tradition, authentic (sailing) ships play the main role in this nautical spectacle. Coming from the north, our own native Dutch ships like boyers, tjotters, small saloon boats, punters, tjalks, smacks, hoogaars, pusher tugs and tugboats will all have the opportunity to show themselves off. All participating ships are affiliated with the Federation of Old Dutch Vessels (Federatie Oud-Nederlandse Vaartuigen--FONV). The cities that will be visited by ships during the Eel Parade will all in turn have the chance to put on a show and promote their harbour activities in the presence of a big fleet of classic ships. Also leading up to SAIL 2005, a fleet of classic ships will once again sail from Friesland in the direction of Amsterdam."

    An Eel Parade. Imagine that. :-) Dec 18, 2007

  • mollusque I was looking up hoodoo (great comments there), and found a strangely derived Dutch sloop: hoogaars. Dec 18, 2007

  • reesetee What a delightfully dessert-like craft. Thanks, mollusque. Bilby, I don't know how I missed your comment, but I've found it now. I don't know that you'd want to take a hovercraft out to sea, but I've added outrigger. Thanks! Dec 14, 2007

  • mollusque How about caramoussal? Dec 14, 2007

  • bilby Is a hovercraft a boat? I'm sure it's not a fruit, however ...

    I'm not a nautical boy. Don't know if outrigger is a boat or just a bit of one. Dec 7, 2007

  • reesetee Odd; thought I'd already added airboat and dreadnought, but apparently not. Thanks also for jukung, bilby. Dec 4, 2007

  • bilby Jukung. Sometimes spelled jukong, or djukung in the old spelling. I've certainly seen jukung used in articles about Indonesia or the Cocos Islands because it's the most accurate term to describe these boats.

    Dreadnought is a frightening word, let along the ship. Dec 4, 2007

  • mollusque Good morning, reesetee! You're welcome. How about an Everglades airboat? Dec 4, 2007

  • reesetee Thanks, m! Keep 'em coming. :-) Dec 4, 2007

  • mollusque I just came across three-decker. Turns out there are also two-deckers and four-deckers, but they seem less common (the words, I don't know about the boats). Dec 4, 2007

  • reesetee Nice! Thanks, mollusque! Dec 2, 2007

  • mollusque How about sternwheeler? Dec 2, 2007

  • reesetee Quite well, c_b. Quite well. :-) Oct 29, 2007

  • chained_bear Hey! You forgot boat!!! HA HA HAHA!!

    I'm trying to be annoying. How am I doing, reesetee? ;) Oct 29, 2007

  • reesetee Er, uh...yes, palooka, I do. How did you know? ;-> Oct 29, 2007

  • palooka Educational & comprehensive - typically reesetee! You must live near the Indian Sea or spend a lot of time on it. Oct 29, 2007

  • reesetee Neat! Thanks, c_b. This list could go on forever. I'm amazed at how many names exist for specific types of boats. I'll add your suggestions (and those from vega's list, which I remember seeing ages back). You're right, though--I think vessel might be too generic, and I already have trireme. :-) Oct 29, 2007

  • chained_bear Wow. I was thinking for a long time about doing a list of types of vessels, but I always thought it would be too much work! I'm glad there's one here already.

    I thought of a bunch more you may or may not want: barque (you have bark already, but this is a cooler spelling :P); brig (ditto, you have brigantine); steamer (you have steamship); sampan; tatara; dredger; tug (you have tugboat already); longship; liberty ship; vessel (might be too generic?); ironclad; trireme; liner; cruiser; battleship; submarine (is that too sub?); carrier as in aircraft carrier; collier; and my favorite, deadrise.

    Cool list!

    Edit: Some other cool ones from vega's list, "staying afloat": curragh, ship-of-the-line, yawl. Oct 28, 2007

  • reesetee They sure sound like they are. :-) Aug 6, 2007

  • trivet I do - they're a lot of fun! Aug 3, 2007

  • reesetee That's odd...thought I'd added both of those already. Thanks, slumry. Aug 3, 2007

  • slumry sieve? And I just learned that a pink is a small sailing vessel Aug 3, 2007

  • reesetee I've never seen a Klepper (except in photos)--do you have one? Aug 2, 2007

  • trivet True, but sounds much better than folding kayak... Plus, they're great boats! Aug 2, 2007

  • reesetee Hmm...well, it's a brand name, right? But what the heck--I'll add it. Thanks, trivet. :-)

    And thanks to you too, slumry. Aug 2, 2007

  • slumry I second that--nice list; I like the Lyle Lovett quote. In fact, I think I will stop listening to this disturbing news about the nation's infrastructure and listen to some Lyle Lovett. Aug 2, 2007

  • trivet Nice list - Klepper? Aug 2, 2007